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Copyright law is relevant to all in the digital age as the internet has brought us quick and easy means to copy, create and publish. Educators and students need to understand how copyright applies to our work and how we can protect our own intellectual property. Creative Commons licences build on Copyright law. The digital age gives us an opportunity to rethink copyright so that it is fit for purpose.
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Copyright Law

Published on Jul 31, 2018

Assignment created as part of the Creative Commons certification, summer 2018.

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Copyright Law

Protection or suffocation?
Copyright law is relevant to all in the digital age as the internet has brought us quick and easy means to copy, create and publish. Educators and students need to understand how copyright applies to our work and how we can protect our own intellectual property. Creative Commons licences build on Copyright law. The digital age gives us an opportunity to rethink copyright so that it is fit for purpose.
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Purpose:
- to incentivise creation of new work
- to connect author and their work

There are 2 rationales for the existence of Copyright. The Utilitarian rationale which is fundamentally economic and the Author's rights rationale which exists to safeguard the connection between the creator and their work. Different legal traditions may draw on one of both of these rationales.
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Applies

  • to works of original authorship fixed in a medium
  • can be in print, audio, video
  • at the point of tangible creation
Of course we know that literary and artistic works are covered by Copyright. Do we realise that any expression including cat videos or napkin sketches are also covered?
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Doesn't Apply to

  • ideas
  • facts
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Other forms of IP Law

Copyright is one form of Intellectual Property law. Here are 2 more. Trademarks protect brands and logos used to distinguish commercial businesses, Patents protect new and useful inventions, must be different from previous inventions.
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Copyright is automatic

In most countries you do not have to register copyright, it is granted automatically as soon as your expression of creativity is captured in a medium - be it in print, handwritten, recorded in any format.
Copyright laws vary from country to country but international treaties such as the Berne convention exist to establish global commonalities.
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The Commons

The public domain (referred to by Creative Commons as CC0) contains all works where copyright has expired or been handed over so that the public can use, copy and remix without restriction. A healthy Commons is vital to our cultural heritage and an important part of the "bargain" of copyright. Works in the public domain belong to all of us.
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Exemptions

Fair use or fair dealing
There are some exemptions to Copyright. Fair use is established in the Berne convention, it allows for use of copyright work in certain specific cases such as for criticism, parody, disabled access and in educational contexts. Details vary so you need to know what is acceptable in your country.
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